Todd Snider – Handsome John (Guitar)

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I Didn't Know Him As Well As I Tell Everyone I Did

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Hell He Was Nearly Fifty And I Was Only A Kid

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But Even Way Back In Those Missing Years

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When He Was Still Just Catching On

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There Was Nobody Better Than Handsome John

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Oh Boy, Look No Further For Your Real Mccoy

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Here Comes The Singing Mailman

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From Maywood, Illinois, Oh Boy

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The Next Time I Saw Him He Walked Off To Paradise

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In A Way That I Would Say That I Still Take For Advice

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For With A Plain Spoken Word And A Simple Melody

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You Can See This World With Dignity

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Oh Boy, Look No Further For Your Real Mccoy

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Here Comes The Singing Mailman

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From Maywood, Illinois, Oh Boy

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The Last Time I Saw Him He Danced Off To Lake Marie

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When I Realized I Was Crying Out In Tears Of Victory

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For With A Few Still Missing And A New One Coming On

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There Was Nobody Better Than Handsome John

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Oh Boy, Look No Further For Your Real Mccoy

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Here Comes The Singing Mailman

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From Maywood, Illinois, Oh Boy